Covid-19

by Alfred Brock I am concerned about the fact that Covid-19 vaccines have still not been approved for use by children.  I decided to Google "What can I do to prevent my children from getting Covid-19?" The first response is from…

by Dr. Claudia Finkelstein The U.S. is in far different shape today than it was last Memorial Day, and many Americans are, too. According to a recent survey by the American Psychological Association, undesired changes in…

by Alvin Buyinza and Jamaal Abdul-Alim Beyond safety and survival, a paramount question throughout the pandemic has been: When will things get “back to normal”? But as the nation gradually gets vaccinated against COVID-19 and…

by Tara Richards and Justin Nix Domestic violence rose globally in 2020 – so much so that doctors have called it “a pandemic within a pandemic.” The National Commission on COVID-19 and Criminal Justice, a team of national…

by Dr. Claudia Finkelstein It’s the moment we thought we were all waiting for…or is it? We were cautiously optimistic about the end of the pandemic in view of increasing vaccine availability and decreasing case numbers…

by Susan Demas, Michigan Advance As Michigan leads the nation in the number of cases and the highest rates of hospitalizations for COVID-19, the head of the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is recommending new health…

Beginning Tuesday afternoon, July 7, 2020, City of Ann Arbor Parks and Recreation Argo and Gallup canoe liveries will be closed temporarily. The closure is due to a COVID-19 positive test result of an individual who, while pre-symptomatic,…

by Matthew J. Mayhew Editor’s Note: With many college students forced to return home due to the COVID-19 pandemic, tensions and arguments are bound to flare up. Here, Matthew Mayhew, an education researcher who co-authored a book about …

by Ellie Nelson Even as some states start reopening, there’s little sign the coronavirus pandemic — or most of its adverse economic effects — will end anytime soon. But the $600-per-week lifeline the federal government…

Even after modest business grants from the Washtenaw United Way dried up after just two weeks, local businesses are scrambling for PPP loans from the SBA and a few have even managed to land the elusive funding. Individuals and…